Solitary confinement abuse sparks hunger strike in Louisiana's Angola Prison – Workers World
Solitary confinement abuse sparks hunger strike in Louisiana’s Angola Prison By Gloria Rubac posted on March 3, 2021 Angola State Prison was the 18,000-acre Angola Plantation before the Civil War, named after the African country from which many of the enslaved people in Louisiana were kidnapped. The plantation was worked then by enslaved Africans and now by imprisoned workers of African descent. Incarcerated workers in Louisiana’s notorious Angola Prison began a hunger strike early Feb. 17. The reason: Prison officials refused to release them back into the prison population after they s...
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